Sponge-holder.



m. sso,2eo.- PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. J. s. WILLIAMS. SPONGE 30mm.

' APPLiOATIOIPILED $33.16, 1907 I WITNESSES: IN VENTOR 15 to which a head or sponge holder is adjusted. ting the hands.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQ-E;

; JOHN SQWILLIAMS, 0F HURLEY, SOUTH DAKOTAJ SPONGE-HOLDER.

N0. 880,260. Specification of ,'Letters Patent. P atented Feb. 25, 1908 A iicatiou filed April 16 1907. Serial No. 368.600. To all whom it mayco ncernf reception of a wire. The rim has also two Be it knowf hat I, JOHN S. WILLIAMS, a 0 enings cor res onding tothe openings in 'citizenfof the United States, residing at Hur tl e lugs, througii which the wire asses. An ley,'in'the countyof Turner and State of South ordinary wire 0, is inserted t rough the Dakota, have invented new and useful 'Imopening in one of the lugs, the end being 40 iprovem ents in Sponge-Holders, of which the formed in a-knot, the wire passing through ollowing is a specification. I v the corresponding opening in the rim, passed My invention relates to sponge holders or around the spongeDand through the opposite means for using a sponge in applying water openings in the rim and other lu Where it is 1:) in scrubbing or washing, without soiling or twisted to hold it in place, after eing firml 5 Wetting the hands. j drawn against the s onge. After being a The object of the invention is/the' conjusted to the hand ein this ,manner, the struction of a device for holding i sponge in spon e may be dipped in water andused for the manner indicated and consists of afhandle any desired purpose, without soiling or wet- 50 I have illustrated my invent-ion in the ac- Having described my invention, what .I companyingdrawing'in which claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Figure 1 1S aview of my invention in side Patent is, v j elevation, showing theehol. Ii'L'TITiiiSltieiiii-thJ Fsponge holderconsist in 'combin ion 20 the sponge Fig. 2 is a view partlyin sec iof acircu arhead niadehol ow .andada ted -55 tion'bf the handle, showing'als'o cross-sectioni "to fit over a handle, a handle for-attachment of the head; f P tosaidfheadynieans for se.curing -th e. handle ,;In the drawing, A isthe handle of the in'the h'ead,the head havinglugs on op osit'e holder, one end being circular and ada ted to sides and an enlarged rim, and being ished 25 fit into a hollow head B, the other en being in the middle to receive'a sponge, and a wire 5 1 enlarged to conform somewhat to the shape .or cord attached to 'th'e lugs for securing the 0f the hand. The head B isciicular and holsponge to the head, substantially as delow to fit over the end of the handle, to which scribed. I

is secured by pins a, inserted through open- In testimony 'whereof I have signed my I 3'0 ings in each side of the head in to the handle. name to this specificationin the presence of 5 The outer end of the head has an enlarged two subscribing witnesses. v rim 1), and is dished in the middle for the re- JOHN S. WILLIAMS. cep'tion of the spo e, as shown inEig. 2. Witnesses: On opposite sides of ead'B are lugs or ears 0, v PETER ALLEN,

' are pierced or have openings for the J. V. LANGDON. 

